Umbrella



(No Model.)

DIR OSE.

UMBRELLA,

No. 396,235. Paten ted'Jan. 15, 1889.

q vi/tmaooao UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID ROSE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,235, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed May 29, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID ROSE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Umbrellas, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices or attachments for holding the frame of an umbrella in an open or closed position, and my object is to accomplish this without weakening the stem by cutting into it. The springs which are now most generally used to engage and hold the runner when the umbrella is open or closed are set in grooves in the stem, and in order to allow for the proper depression of those springs as the runner passes over them the grooves have to be made of such depth as to materially weaken the stem.

This invention consists in the use of catches secured to the stem at the points at which the springs are usually inserted and a spring fastened to the runner having an attachment for engaging said catches.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a stem and runner embodying myinvention, the runner being shown between the catches. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the collar as it is about to be engaged with a catch, the shell of the runner being partially cut away. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the collar in engagement with a cat-ch. Fig. 4 represents a transverse section through 5c of Fig. Fig. 5 is a side view of one of the catches with brads attached, and Fig. 6 a top view of a catch having perforations at the ends to receive nails or screws.

111 the drawings, A is the stem.

0 C are metal catches with brads c at the ends, .by which they are fastened to the stem. These brads are preferably stamped out of the metal integral with the catches; but the catches may be made with eyes at the ends and secured to the stem by nails or screws, as shown in Fig. 6.

- B represents the runner, having the stretchers b pivoted to the inner end, as is Serial No. 275,494- (No model.)

usual. On one side of the runner an end of a spring, D, is secured next to the annular rim in which the stretchers are pivoted. On the opposite side there is a hollow rib, E, which forms a countersunk channel in the bore of the runner, that serves as a passage-way for the catches. The spring D projects forward from its point of attachment lengthwise of the runner, its vibrating end (Z being connected with a loose collar, F, encircling the forward end of the runner and resting in an annular groove, f, in the same. This collar passes through elongated perforations e in the sides of the rib E and has sufficient play therein to act upon the spring, as will be described.

The catches are tapered toward the middle .of the stem, and the runneris moved between them from'one to the other. \Vhen this runner engages either one of the catches, the collar F slides up the incline thereof, drawing the spring inward until the catch is passed,

when the reaction of the springdraws it down behind the butt of said catch.

The collar F is rigid, so that pressure upon the vibrating end of the spring pushes it out of engagement with the catch, and thus frees the runner that it may be moved toward the opposite end of the stem.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination,with the stem provided with the catches U C, of the runner having the perforated hollow rib E and annular recess f, the spring D, secured by one end to the runner, and the collar F, encircling the end of the runner and attached to the vibrating end of the spring, all constructed and operating substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the stem having the catches (1C, of the runner, the collar F, encircling said runner, and the spring connected with the runner and the collar, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

DAVID ROSE. lVitnesses:

GEO. A. LANE, WM. R. GERHART. 

